New Spring, Another Year [Two-in-One]

"Elder Elder Elder Elder Elder Elder Elder Elder Gongxi Chou—are you insane?" Chao Lian desperately tilted his neck back to gulp in a breath of fresh air while prying apart Gongxi Chou's fingers around his throat. If the man exerted any more force, his neck would snap in this brute's hands. "Are you trying to strangle me?"

"When did you see him?"

"Where did you see him?"

"Speak! If you lie about even one word, I'll twist your head off. Even if Gu Ziyi leads troops here, all he'll be able to do is collect your corpse!"

Gongxi Chou loosened his grip but still did not let go.

Chao Lian looked at Gongxi Chou above him and coughed twice, indicating that perhaps the other man could get up. "This isn't the place to talk, and we don't exactly look like we can talk like this..."

The moment Gongxi Chou saw that sheet of paper, he had suddenly lashed out.

With one hand, he had seized Chao Lian by the throat and slammed him onto the table.

The nearby vendors saw that things were going badly and fled at top speed.

"Cough, cough, cough—" Feeling the pressure around his neck ease, Chao Lian seized the chance to roll off the table. Bracing himself with one hand, he coughed endlessly before finally catching his breath. He asked Gongxi Chou, "That person resembles you. Could he be a relative?"

Judging by his age and appearance, he was probably Gongxi Chou's younger brother?

Chao Lian felt somewhat regretful.

He had only met Gongxi Chou once or twice. When he had seen the young man's still-tender features that day, he had vaguely found them familiar but could not remember where he had seen them. It was only after seeing Gongxi Chou's distinctive foreign attire that